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esophagus: a thick-walled muscular tube located behind the windpipe that extends through the neck and chest to the stomach.
estrogen: a hormone produced by the ovaries that stimulates the development of secondary female characteristics.
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esophagus -- That portion of the gut which connects the pharynx to the stomach.
exoskeleton -- n. An external, often hard, covering or integument that provides support and protection to the body.
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esophagus The muscular tube extending between and connecting the pharynx to the stomach.
estrogen A female sex hormone that performs many important functions in reproduction.
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esophagus
(eh-sof-eh-gus)
A channel that conducts food, by peristalsis, from the pharynx to the stomach.
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esophagus The passage extending from the pharynx to the stomach.
espundia Disease caused by Leishmania braziliensis. Also called chiclero ulcer, uta, pian bois, or mucocutaneous leishmaniasis.
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esophagus
The part of the alimentary canal of vertebrates that lies between the pharynx and the stomach.
Covered in:
Lab 15 Rat Muscular and Digestive Systems
Lab 17 Rat and Frog Comparative Anatomy ...
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Esophagus the tube down which food travels from the pharynx to the stomach
(eso = within inward; phago = to eat)
Estivation a short-term (overnight) decrease in body functions
(estival = summer) ...
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The second organ is the esophagus. The crop is an enlargement of the esophagus in birds, insects and other invertebrates that is used to store food temporarily.
The third organ is the stomach.
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These parts are divided by the animal's esophagus. The super- and subesophagal masses are connected to each other on either side of the esophagus by the basal lobes and the dorsal magnocellular lobes.
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These include yeast infections of the esophagus, bronchi, and lungs; Pneumocystis pneumonia (a fungal infection); toxoplasmosis (caused by a protozoan that is spread by cats); Kaposi's sarcoma (a rare cancer of the skin caused by a virus); ...
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Salt-cured or pickled foods cause cancers in the stomach and esophagus.
Smoked foods such as ham and sausage contain carcinogens similar to those in tobacco smoke.
Hot dogs and cold cuts contain nitrites, which are converted to nitrosamines.
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wavelike constriction passing along a tube, caused by muscular contraction, as found in the esophagus, intestine and so forth
Source: Noland, George B. 1983. General Biology, 11th Edition. St. Louis, MO. C. V. Mosby ...
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a ciliated, mucus-secreting groove in the ventral surface of the pharnyx of non-vertebrate chordates (e.g, tunicates and lancelets); it aids in transporting food to the esophagus.
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moistened and lubricated by saliva (secreted by three pairs of salivary glands)
small amounts of starch are digested by the amylase present in saliva
the resulting bolus of food is swallowed into the esophagus and ...
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